2007-M-048                Victor Fields, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.

Victor Fields was convicted of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder for his role in the shooting death of LeTerrance Paige and the wounding of Keinon Love.  The Court affirmed his conviction in2004.

Here, the Court held that his claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel was barred because he could have raised that claim on direct appeal.  The Court also held that his claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel failed because there was no evidence that failure to make the arguments that [Fields] cites would have resulted in a different decision by the Minnesota Supreme Court.

                    Page (Russell Anderson, Paul Anderson, Hanson, Meyer, Barry Anderson, and Gildea)

DATE OF DECISION:  June 21, 2007

RECORD NUMBER:  2007-081

FULL OPINION: 

DESCRIPTION:  [MURDER] 

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